Saw gauge



July 21, -1931 A. M. REMINGTON SAW GAUGE l FiledJuly. 6, 1929 INVEN TO R @frgfzjlgevzioz @JWM y @Moraga @AYES ALFRED El. REMNGTON, 0E' FITCHBRG, TIASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR T0 SIINES SAW AND STEEL COTEFANY, OE FTCHBURG, MASSACHUSETTS, A CORORATON OF ASSA- CHUSETTS SAW' GAUGE Application filed July 6, 1929.

This invention relates to tools or jigs for use in tiling saws, and pertains more particularly to improvements in gauges adapted to be applied to cross cut saws for accurately gaging the height of the raker teeth during the filing operation.

The cutting edge of cross cut saws includes a series of cutting teeth and intervening raker teeth equally spaced along the saw edge, alternate cutting points being beveled lei't and right to mark a longitudinal groove on the opposite sides of the kerl", and the biturcated points of the rakers being spaced below the cutting points to remove the wood between the lines marked by the cutting` teeth. ln filing a saw it is customary iirst to dress, tile and bevel the cutting points, and then to tile the raker teeth at a predetermined level below the plane or" the cutting points. The successful operation of the saw depends largely upon the accurate iling ot the saw teeth and the proper height of the raker teeth with respect to the cutting` points.

lt is accordingly the principal object of the present invention to provide a simple and handy tool designed to serve as an accurate gaging member for rapidly jointing the cutting points and filing the raker teeth, the raker gaging element ot the d-evice being readily adjustable for the desired height of the curved points of the raker teeth. Another object resides in the provision of a curved raker gaging plate having a recess, preferably in the torm of a slot, in its end to 05 receive the toothed edge ot the saw, the plate being longitudinally slidable to vary the relative position of its slot so that the raker teeth may be iiled at a predetermined height while the side of the tooth being filed abuts the end of said slot to prevent relative longitudinal movement between the saw and the gauge.

A recommended embodiment ot the invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings; in which,

Figs 1 and 2 are perspective views of the improved tool applied for use in dressing the cutting points and filing the raker teeth respectively, the saw teeth being shown in broken lines.

50 The particular embodiment chosen for the Serial' No. 376,482.

purpose of illustration comprises a rigid trame or body 3 having transverse projections 4 and 5 spaced trom each other at its top and defining an intermediate recess 6; base legs 7 projecting in the same direction 55 the top member l and 5; side fins or guides upper tile holding lugs 9; and a lower f,ile holding lug 10 mounting a set screw 11. The end faces of these projecting elements are preferably squared and disposed in the 6o same plane to seat against the side of the saw .during use. A base plate 12 is secured to the bottom of the legs 7 with one edge registering with the squared ends of said legs and with its opposite edge projecting rearwardly beyond the legs as at 13. c

An upper guide plate 1-1 is mounted on the projection 4l with its forward side extending beyond the squared end thereof to turnish an abutment 15, and a second upper "eo guide plate 16 is secured beneath theother top projection 5, in line with the plate 14. rrlfhe upper surface of the projection 5 is preterably curved longitudinally and has a projecting lip 17 along its rearward side. A curved raker gauge plate 18 is arranged to slide longitudinally over the curved upper vface of the member 5, one side edge ot said plate being guided by the lip 17, and the plate having a central slot 19V receiving a to threaded pin mounting a locking knot 20. The inner end ot the curved plate 1S extends into the frame recess 6 and has a longitudinal slot 21 adapted to receive a raker tooth of the saw. The position of the plate 1S may be iff; quickly adjusted' by releasing the locking knot 20, sliding. the plate longitudinally 'upon its curved support 5 and tightening the knot 2O when the slot 21 is disposed at its desired vert-ical position with respect to the aligned guide plates 14 and 16.

Wllhen employed tor dressing the cutting points of the saws, a iile, indicated by broken lines at Q2, is clamped between'the lugs 9 and lug 10 by means of the screw 11, as shown in n F ig. 1, and the tool is placed against the side of the saw with th-e bottom face of the file overlying the cutting points. The tool is then moved longitudinally along the saw, the squared edges of the parts 7 and 8 serv- L f ing as guides during the jointing operation.

To iile the ralrer teeth (Fig. 2), the tool is placed against the side oi the saw With one ot' the ralrer teeth received Within the slot 21 of the gauge plate 18 and with the cutting points abutting the overlapping margin 15 of the plate 141- aud the under side ol the plate 16. rthe side edge of the selected raker tooth seats at the end ot' the slot 21 to prevent relative longitudinal movement between the saw and the tool in one direction, and the relative vertical position of said slot end determines the adjusted height ot the raker teeth. One of the points ot the raker teeth is then tiled down until the ile rides on the upL er tace ot the hardened metal plate 18. 'llhis point is thus accurately curved along the curvature of the gauge plate 1S and its `ieiglit is correctly regulated by the adjustment of said plate. The tool is then advanced successively to succeeding rake teeth and then reversed on the opposite side oit the sav; to the ling oi" the other points ot the ralers. Thus all the raker teeth are accurately tiled at the c esired level and With uniform curvatures.

ln order to verify the level orp the cut-ting teeth and the clearance between the cutting points and the ralrers, the tool may be inverted and placed beside the saw with the 13rojeeting margin 13 of the base plate 12 resting upon the points of the cutting teeth.

While a tool constructed as above described is particularly efficient in performing its intended purposes to insure the accurate filing ot cross cut saws, it Will be understood that structural details of the device may be varied to suit particular purposes Without departing from the essence of this invention as deiined in the appended claims. A particular feature of the invention is the provisions of a tool of this type in Which a. curved raker gauge plate having a tooth-receiving slot in its end is mounted for longitudinal sliding movement to vary the vertical position of t-he slot with respect to cutting tooth guides provided on the device.

I claim:

1. A tool of the class described comprising a frame, a fixed guide carried by the frame and adapted to seat upon the cutting teeth ot a saiv, a curved gauge plate of fixed curvature having a recess therein to receive a raker tooth et the saw, and means for support-ing the gauge plate from the frame for movement longitudinally substantially along the are of curvature of the gauge plate so as to vary the position of said recess with respect to said guide.

2. A tool of the class described comprising a frame, a i'ixed guide carried by the trame and adapted to seat upon the cutting teeth of a saw, a support carried by the frame in spaced alignment With said guide and having a curved tace, a gauge olate curved in one direction complementary to the curved face and slidable thereover, said plate having a slot in its curved portion to receive a raker tooth of the saw, and means for locking the slidable plate in dii'erent positions With respect to said guide to adjust the position of said slot With respectto said guide.

3. A tool ot' the class described comprising a frame having a recess in its top, aligned guide members carried by the frame at opposite ends of the recess, said guide members having i'iat bottom faces adapted to rest upon the cutting teeth of a saw, one of said members having a longitudinally curved upper surface, a gauge plate longitudinally curved complementary to said curved upper surface and slidable longitudinally thereon, one end of said plate extending downwardly into said recess and having a longitudinal slot adapted to receive a raker tooth of the saw, and means for restraining movement of the slidable plate on said curved upper surtace to adjustthe position of said slot With respect to said guide members.

Signed by me at Fitchburg, Massachusetts this third day of July, 1929.

ALFRED H. REMINGTON. 

